Soul : Archaeology of the Spirit--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles

Name: Soul : Archaeology of the Spirit--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles
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ISBN: 9780062502391

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ISBN-13: 9780062502391

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Authors: Phil Cousineau

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"What does soul mean? Is it, as in Aristotle's classic definition, the "life-giving principle"? Is it the shiver up your spine when Aretha Franklin sings the blues? Or is it the simple, breathtaking beauty of a Pablo Neruda poem?" "Soul defies definition, yet it surrounds us, permeating every aspect of our lives and culture - from art, music, and literature to religion, society, and identity. Long fascinated by the conundrum of the soul, author Phil Cousineau set out to follow its elusive trail by collecting the voices of those who have, since ancient times, sought their own understanding of the "inner universe."" "Scanning "history's long bookshelf," Cousineau harvested a rich collection…

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Prologue
The Fall of Soul into Time
An Egyptian Gnostic Creation Myth	p. 4
Genesis 2:2-7: King James Version	p. 5
The Angel and the Unborn Soul	p. 6
The Arabian Creation Myth	p. 7
The Tasaday Soul	p. 8
Conceptions of the Soul Among North American Indians	p. 9
The Essential Whatness	p. 11
The Etymology of Soul	p. 12
The Origin of the Numinous	p. 14
The Origin of the Buddha's No Soul Doctrine	p. 16
When Are We Ensouled?	p. 17
Soul, Conception, Abortion	p. 20
The Over-Soul	p. 22
The Fall of Soul into Time	p. 24
The Birth of Soul	p. 26
The Seat of the Soul
The Second Khanda Upanishad	p. 35
Scipio's Dream	p. 35
Lucretius and the Material Soul	p. 37
When in the Fullness of Time	p. 38
The Soul Is Oned to God	p. 39
The Signature of All Things	p. 40
The Interior Castle	p. 41
Whether the Soul Is a Body?	p. 42
The Seat of the Soul	p. 44
The Soul of the Voice	p. 45
The Circling River of Psyche	p. 45
The Physicians	p. 47
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell	p. 47
I Sing the Body Electric	p. 48
The Perennial Female Soul	p. 50
The Flaming Tongue	p. 50
The Appearance and Disappearance of the Soul	p. 51
Marsilio Ficino's Astropsychology	p. 53
The Architecture of the Soul	p. 54
The Empirically Justified Psyche	p. 55
Our Unknown Soul	p. 58
The Diverging Ways of Soul and Spirit	p. 59
"Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins, 1939"	p. 62
Heart and Soul
When Desire Enters Heart and Soul	p. 68
When the Soul Is Joined to Her Beloved: Gnostic Gospel Adaptation	p. 71
Tearing Heart from Soul	p. 72
The Divine Love of the Soul	p. 73
Let Us Love This Enduring Beauty	p. 74
Sonnets from the Portuguese	p. 74
Salvation in a Concentration Camp	p. 75
The Rapture of Divine Love	p. 77
The Soul's Silence, Exile and Cunning	p. 78
The Significance of Soul for Women	p. 80
Eros and Psyche	p. 81
The Soul Rush	p. 83
Your Breast Is Enough	p. 85
The Vase	p. 86
Soul Crisis
A Song of Lamentation: A Sixteenth-Century Mesoamerican Myth	p. 90
The Soul-Eater: A West African Folktale	p. 91
Dark Night of the Soul	p. 92
Faust's Pact with the Devil	p. 94
A Soul Boiling	p. 97
Ishmael's November Soul	p. 100
The Anguish of the Infantry Officer	p. 101
Waking the Sleeping Soul	p. 101
The Pilgrim Soul	p. 102
The Soul Agony of Abortion	p. 103
Freud's Soul Lost in Translation	p. 105
The Kingdom of Soul	p. 106
Rage in the Dark, the Wind	p. 107
The Annihilation of the Soul	p. 108
Soul on Ice	p. 110
They Want Your Soul	p. 112
The Postmodern Soul	p. 114
Once Dipped in Dark Oblivion	p. 115
A Lien on His Soul: The Legend of Robert Johnson	p. 116
Soul Work
Psalm 23: King James Version	p. 122
The Smith of My Soul	p. 123
Soul and Beauty	p. 123
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus	p. 125
Fashioning a Soul	p. 127
The Soul of the Work	p. 127
Journal of a Solitude	p. 128
Farming the Soul	p. 130
Soul and the Art of Memory	p. 132
The Soul of Poetry and Painting	p. 134
On the Vibration of Art in the Soul	p. 136
Story as Soul-Journey	p. 138
Cultivating the Soul	p. 139
Stretching Our Souls	p. 141
What Is Soul Music?	p. 143
The World Soul
The Hidden Soul	p. 151
Lure	p. 151
Hestia: The Soul of the Hearth	p. 152
The Melanesian Concept of Mana	p. 154
His Soul Lies Naked in Letters	p. 155
The Vale of Soul-Making	p. 156
The Soul of the Night	p. 159
The Spirit of Place in the Western World	p. 160
Facing the World with Soul	p. 162
The Green Fields of the Mind	p. 164
The Soul-Spark	p. 167
The Secret Soul of Plants	p. 168
The Soul of Community	p. 170
Soul and Business	p. 171
The Soul of the Road	p. 172
Espresso	p. 175
Soul Food	p. 176
The Soul of the Computer	p. 178
Waiting for Tyler	p. 179
The Soul Hunger of Children	p. 183
But What About the World's Soul?	p. 184
The wind, one brilliant day, called	p. 188
Soul and Destiny
The Last Hours of Socrates	p. 192
The Shape-Shifter	p. 194
The Death of Beowulf	p. 195
When I Have Sacrificed My Angel Soul	p. 197
The Soul-Searcher	p. 197
The Celtic Doctrine of Immortality	p. 198
The Aboriginal Death - Expanding into the Dreamtime	p. 199
The Two Streams of Soul	p. 202
The Soul of the Fierce People	p. 203
The Sioux Soul-Releasing Ceremony	p. 205
The Haitian Notion of the Zombie	p. 208
The Immortality of the Soul	p. 210
Maya, Toltec, and Aztec Conceptions of Soul	p. 211
Is There Such a Thing as Reincarnation?	p. 213
Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives?	p. 214
From "A Dialogue of Self and Soul"	p. 215
The Legend of St. Elmo's Fire	p. 216
The Beautiful Soul of Don Damian	p. 218
Her Soul Descending Out of Sight	p. 220
A Child Asks About the Soul	p. 221
Her Pilgrim Soul	p. 222
Meditation on a Line from Saint Teresa	p. 224
Continuity	p. 226
The Soul's Distinct Connection	p. 227
Epilogue	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 231
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